Lucie Yi is not a Romantic is the second novel written by Lauren Ho and although I have Last Tang Standing on my TBR pile, I have to confess I haven’t been tempted to pick it up until now. Lucie Yi is not a Romantic captured my attention within the first few pages and I stayed up late on multiple work nights to see what happened next. I loved the concept of Lucie having given up with the soulmate searching and romance in her life to seek a man purely for the intention of co-parenting and having a child. Although women are able use IVF and donor sperm to have a child by themselves, I believe it probably is still not AS accepted by society and likely quite uncommon, which is why this concept is so refreshing in a romance novel. Prior to reading this I had never considered how Asian family values, traditions and societal norms such as the stigma associated with divorce or unmarried women/”illegitimate” children may differ from those of my own English background, so this LYINAR was really quite insightful.
LYINAR is incredibly easy to read and is fantastically written with the just right combination of wittiness, friendship and romance. I particularly enjoyed the banter and quick-wittedness between Lucie and Colin as well as Lucie and her friends, can’t say I thought particularly highly of Mark though!
Lucie Yi is not a Romantic is definitely a book I would recommend to family and friends, with thanks to NetGalley for my ARC.
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